Community elders, youth musicians and activist/journalist Avi Lewis call upon the Ontario government to clean up mercury contamination in Northwestern Ontario affecting Indigenous communities.
The members of Grassy Narrows First Nations -- to whom the River Run is a tribute -- have been struggling for decades to get government and industry to clean up the mercury in their river.
For this year’s Grassy Narrows River Run, thirty Grassy Narrows First Nations members will travel 1,800 km to Toronto to demand justice for mercury poisoning survivors, clean water, and respect.